Oliveto Citra (Campanian: 'U Luit) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

[4] On May 24, 1985 it is alleged that the Blessed Virgin Mary made an appearance in Oliveto Citra, holding a baby.

According to cultural anthropologist Paolo Apolito, these visitations are controversial and have not yet been approved by the Roman Catholic Church.

[8] The large, heavily forested Parco Regionale Dei Monti Picentini is in the northwest.

There is an industrial estate, Zona Industriale Staglioni, to the north of the town, near the village of Dogana.

The municipality belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, within the Santa Maria della Misericordia parish.